📄 Redirect examination of Mark Fuhrman — Thursday, March 16, 1995
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▲ Day 39 of 167

Redirect examination of Mark Fuhrman

Witness: Det. Mark Fuhrman
Examiner: Marcia Clark
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Thursday, March 16, 1995 • Utterances: 26
In a brief redirect, Marcia Clark walked Fuhrman through a series of questions establishing that when he first walked the south pathway at Rockingham, he had no knowledge of the time of death, Simpson's alibi, eyewitnesses, sounds at the crime scene, whether Kato had already gone up the path, or whether Bronco fibers would be found on the glove. The purpose was to undercut the defense theory that Fuhrman could have planted the Rockingham glove with any foreknowledge that it would be significant. Bailey declined cross.
1 THE COURT:

REDIRECT. MISS CLARK.

2 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.)
3 MR. DARDEN:

CAN WE HAVE ONE MOMENT, YOUR HONOR?

4 THE COURT:

CERTAINLY.

5 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.)
6 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

7

REDIRECT EXAMINATION

8

BY MS. CLARK:

9 Q:

DETECTIVE FUHRMAN, I'M GOING TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO YOUR STATE OF MIND AND KNOWLEDGE AT THE TIME YOU STEPPED OUT THE FRONT DOOR AT ROCKINGHAM, AND BY THAT I MEAN AFTER YOU PLACED KATO KAELIN AT THE BAR AND THEN WALKED OUT THE FRONT DOOR TO GO OUT TO THE SOUTH PATHWAY. AT THAT TIME, SIR, THE FIRST TIME YOU WALKED OUT TO THE SOUTH PATHWAY AT 360 SOUTH ROCKINGHAM, DID YOU KNOW THE TIME OF DEATH FOR RON GOLDMAN AND NICOLE BROWN?

10 A:

NO, MA'AM.

11 Q:

DID YOU KNOW WHETHER MR. SIMPSON HAD AN ALIBI FOR THE TIME OF THEIR MURDERS?

12 A:

NO.

13 Q:

DID YOU KNOW WHETHER THERE WERE ANY EYEWITNESSES TO THEIR MURDERS?

14 A:

NO.

15 Q:

DID YOU KNOW WHETHER ANYONE HAD HEARD VOICES OR ANY SOUNDS OR ANY WORDS SPOKEN AT THE CRIME SCENE AT THE TIME OF THEIR MURDERS?

16 A:

NO, MA'AM.

17 Q:

DID YOU KNOW WHETHER KATO HAD ALREADY GONE UP THE SOUTH WALKWAY BEFORE YOU GOT THERE?

18 A:

NO.

19 Q:

DID YOU KNOW WHETHER ANY FIBERS FROM THE BRONCO WOULD BE FOUND ON THAT GLOVE THAT YOU ULTIMATELY FOUND AT ROCKINGHAM?

KEY QUOTE
20 A:

NO.

21 Q:

AND DID YOU KNOW THE CAUSE OF DEATH?

22 A:

NO.

23 MS. CLARK:

I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.

24 THE COURT:

MR. BAILEY.

25 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN DEFENSE COUNSEL.)
26 MR. BAILEY:

NOTHING, YOUR HONOR.

KEY QUOTE

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (3)

Marcia Clark
DID YOU KNOW WHETHER ANY FIBERS FROM THE BRONCO WOULD BE FOUND ON THAT GLOVE THAT YOU ULTIMATELY FOUND AT ROCKINGHAM?
The most pointed question — directly targeting the defense's conspiracy theory by establishing Fuhrman couldn't have known the glove would tie to the Bronco.
Mark Fuhrman
NO, MA'AM.
Fuhrman's consistent, clipped denials of any prior knowledge form the entire evidentiary point of this redirect.
F. Lee Bailey
NOTHING, YOUR HONOR.
Bailey's decision to waive recross signals the defense had no effective counter to Clark's framing on this narrow point.

Evidence (1)

Informal
The glove found at Rockingham on the south pathway
discussed in context of whether Fuhrman could have known it would yield Bronco fibers

Notable Exchanges (1)

Marcia ClarkMark Fuhrman
Clark ran through seven rapid-fire questions, each asking whether Fuhrman knew a specific piece of evidence or case fact before walking the south pathway. Fuhrman answered 'No' or 'No, ma'am' to every one.
strategic

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 5302 • 26 utterances • Prosecution witness
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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